/*
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Manoel Afonso Filho
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package agimagem.strategy;

import agimagem.populacao.Populacao;
import agimagem.util.AGChave;

/**
 * Especificação do operador de inicialização da população inicial.
 * @author Manoel Afonso Filho
 */
public interface Inicializacao {

    /**
     * Quantidade de indivíduos presentes na população.
     */
    public int numIndividuos = 10;

    /**
     * Cria a população inicial baseada no plaintext.
     * @param plaintext Bytes do plaintext.
     * @return População com os indivíduos derivados do plaintext.
     */
    public Populacao criarPopulacao(byte[] plaintext);

    public byte[] reverso(byte[] ciphertext, AGChave chave);

}
